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  • Threshold Blessing

    Threshold Blessing

    As we linger at home in our semi-quarantined state, turning our focus inward to our surroundings can help up reconnect with this place we find ourselves restricted to. Seeing it with fresh eyes can help us re-imagine our space and make it what we need in these strange, unprecedented times. One exercise that is relatively…

  • Lectio Divina, the Practice of Sacred Reading

    Lectio Divina, the Practice of Sacred Reading

    It’s funny how things enter your life. Or at least, how they enter mine. All of a sudden patterns start to develop and in short order, they point to something that needs to be part of my life. Lectio Divina came to me that way. It sort of gently nudged its way in, and seemed…

  • Dowsing with Pendulums – a Lesson

    Dowsing with Pendulums – a Lesson

    Part of my work at my UU church is determining the youth Sunday curricula for the year. This year we’re doing a Harry Potter-themed curriculum that I’m creating from two sources, and weaving with my own Pagan knowledge and resources. Our weekly classes often are subjects that Harry might have taken, and this week’s Divination…

  • How to Build an Altar for Any Occasion

    How to Build an Altar for Any Occasion

    I led a short workshop on altar creation for one of our UU church’s monthly small group ministry meetings earlier this month and thought I’d share my write-up here for anyone looking for more info on altar building. Up until leading this workshop, all the altars I had created were Pagan, but I really wanted…